 scraff (1921), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Sep 2, 2008 Tasting - Perfect Pour. Dark brownish black, tan creamy head. Soft roasted vanilla coffee nose rides undercurrents of lightly smoked cocoa. Dried dark currants and coffee tones round with hints of vanilla and dark chocolate. Light to medium bodied, soft carbonation, bittersweet finish. Decent, but not in the world class league...
henrikb (1298), Aarhus, Denmark
Aug 31, 2008 Black body, off white head; Very round slightly sourish grain nose; Very soft sourish deep body; Long finish with alcohol burn, malty grain bitter.
mgumby10 (1844), Jupiter, Florida, USA
Aug 31, 2008 Pours a dark brown color, with a decent tan head. Smells of sharp caramel and chocolate, with hints of alcohol, and toffee notes. The flavor was much the same. Very sharp in its characters. The alcohol wasnt big, but tingled in a stinging way a bit. The chocolate and roasty flavors seem to stand out most. Not overly complex, but certainly solid.
Scauca (408), Lovere, Italy
Aug 30, 2008 Dark brown with a nice tan lacing head. Chocolate, caramel, little coffee. Very rounded and smooth. Flavour is of bitter cocoa, malty with a dry end. A long aftertaste.
pickled (47), New Zealand
Aug 29, 2008 33oml bottle exp 22/11/08. Looked good when poured with a decent head. It didn’t t last. Plenty of flavour but a bit sour and astringent. Burnt. clean finish though. I could taste the alcohol too. Too thin for a stout. Not bad but not up to my expectations of this style.
nearbeer (1833), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Aug 27, 2008 Updated: Jan 15, 2009650 ml, batch 004, bb 9-9-09. Nearly opaque with a two-finger head that settles to an enduring quarter-inch and leaves a frosty-soapy lacing behind. Earthy aromas of cocoa, coffee and peat with hints of caramel and marshmallow. Tastes of coffee, chicory, dark chocolate, smoked peat and oak with just enough vanilla-caramel and a hint of apple to balance all the bitter roast flavors. Medium-heavy body is neither too watery nor too syrupy. Creamy smooth with light carbonation and slightly dry.
TheSponge (272), Lynnwood, Washington, USA
Aug 26, 2008 Batch 002 Best Before 07/07/09. Pours a very dark brown with minimal head. Flavor: Slightly bitter, with hints of coffee and smoke.
lithy (1600), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Aug 25, 2008 Batch 004 Best Before 09/09/09 Pitch black pour with a very thin light tan head that rims the glass but otherwise disappears. Potent roasty character with slight hoppiness and some bitter chocolate. Nice roasted malts in the taste and a nice but not overly bitter hop finish. A little one-dimensional even for a fairly classically styled RIS. Nice burnt smoke aftertaste lingers.
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